The Glubb reports : Glubb Pasha and Britain's empire project in the Middle East 1920-1956 /

Bradshaw, Tancred,

The Glubb reports : Glubb Pasha and Britain's empire project in the Middle East 1920-1956 / Tancred Bradshaw. - Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (xi, 194 pages) : maps. - Britain and the world .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Maps; Introduction; 1 Glubb, Tribes and Iraq, 1922-1930; 2 Glubb and Transjordan, 1930-1945; 3 Glubb, Transjordan and the Palestine Mandate,1945-1949; 4 Imperial Twilight: Glubb and Jordan, 1950-1956; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

The Glubb Reports studies papers written by General Sir John Glubb, the long-serving British commander of the Jordanian Arab Legion. It covers issues such as the role of tribes and desert control, the impact of Palestine, the Arab Legion's role in the first Arab-Israeli war, the expansion of the Arab Legion, and Glubb's dismissal in 1956.



9781137380111


Glubb, John Bagot, Sir, 1897-1986.


British--History--Middle East--20th century.


Electronic Books.

DS63 / .G583 2016